https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr The greatest poem ever. en-us 2019-01-29 20:32:03 UTC 2019-01-31 04:41:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png ocovington https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325613353 The theme or message of the poem is loneliness due to the absence or neglect of a loved one. The reader learns that this kind of loneliness is deep, although some may use it for show. The reader learns specific examples of both from the Odyssey with Penelope feeling true sorrow and loneliness, while Odysseus uses it as more of a public show of emotion than true feeling.  ]]> 2019-01-29 20:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325613353 ocovington https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325613758 Imagery is used in Millay's poem when she writes, "I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron,"(1-2). The reader can picture this moment of loneliness and sorrow. In addition the part that says,"when you think it will never be light,"(8), which visualizes the loneliness that both the narrator and Penelope feel in this dark moment. Another piece of imagery is,"Suddenly you burst into tears,"(10) which shows another image of utter sorrow, hopelessness, and loneliness, as if Penelope's heart is broken.  ]]> 2019-01-29 20:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325613758 ocovington https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325615638 The metaphor of the ancient gesture is meant to show the loneliness of Penelope and others throughout the ages. The 'ancient gesture' of crying is used to be a symbol for loneliness and the physical manifesting of such. The author mentions that this gesture is both performed heartfeltly, as Penelope did, and for show, as Ulysses(Odysseus) does.The 'ancient gesture' that the author is talking about is crying, which is the gesture all of us use to show emotion such as sadness, misery, or, in this case, loneliness.  ]]> 2019-01-29 21:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325615638 ocovington https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325616451 By: Edna St. Vincent Millay 

I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron:
Penelope did this too.
And more than once: you can't keep weaving all day
And undoing it all through the night;
Your arms get tired, and the back of your neck gets tight;
And along towards morning, when you think it will never be light,
And your husband has been gone, and you don't know where, for years.
Suddenly you burst into tears;
There is simply nothing else to do.

And I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron:
This is an ancient gesture, authentic, antique,
In the very best tradition, classic, Greek;
Ulysses did this too.
But only as a gesture,—a gesture which implied
To the assembled throng that he was much too moved to speak.
He learned it from Penelope…
Penelope, who really cried]]> 2019-01-29 21:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325616451 ocovington https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325657554 This poem is different than the Odyssey because it focuses on Penelope and shows Odysseus in a less heroic light. This poem makes the reader feel bad for Penelope more than Odysseus and also brings up the point that Odysseus may not have been as true and sincere as he is shown in the Odyssey. In addition, the poem does not really talk about Odysseus' feelings at all, and focuses entirely on Penelope's feelings of loneliness. ]]> 2019-01-29 23:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325657554 ocovington https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325657611 This poem's tone is loneliness and hopelessness and these tones are shown through words like 'tears' and 'gone'. This tone is also shown by phrases like 'never be light', 'you burst into tears', and 'who really cried.' ]]> 2019-01-29 23:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325657611 ocovington https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325657644 An example of assonance in this poem is "ancient, gesture, authentic, antique,"(11). ]]> 2019-01-29 23:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dbello4/xykiuk4b6ydr/wish/325657644